Magee Mississippi Tornado

MAGEE — Residents in a tornado-ravaged community took advantage of clearing skies Thursday to collect family keepsakes and begin cleaning up from a storm that left 28 injured and dozens of homes and businesses flattened across south-central Mississippi. But Magee, a town of about 5000 in Mississippis pine forests, may not have much time to begin serious cleanup as another storm system with the potential for more destruction was expected late Thursday or early today. While families were busy moving debris from around homes and covering exposed ceilings, the steady grinding of chain saws echoed through the community as utility crews cleared fallen trees from power lines. Magee Mayor Jimmy Clyde said the community was in the early stages of assessing the destruction from a pre-dawn twister that smashed through dozens of homes and apartment duplexes and damaged two churches. This is like reliving Hurricane Katrina all over again and thats no fun, Clyde said as office phones rang constantly with reports of storm-damaged neighborhoods and lost power and water service. We got hit back then and weve really been hit now. Officials believe 36 homes, a church and a business were destroyed in Simpson County, where Magee is located, and another 86 homes and structures were damaged. Across the state, 43 structures were destroyed and another 146 were damaged by at least five confirmed tornados. Phillip Runnels spent the afternoon sifting through what was the barely recognizable remains ...

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